Primary Design and Technology resources

Our primary D&T resource packages provide a useful starting point for teachers in planning and delivering D&T lessons or in supplementing a teacher’s own planning. They are divided into the main National Curriculum areas of knowledge and include ideas on how to design, make and evaluate a range of products and develop skills used in D&T.

• Mechanical systems
   

  

  These resources support teaching about mechanical systems including types of mechanical system, how they work and more.
  
  KS1   KS2

• Structures
   

  

  These resources support the Design, Make and Evaluate process through the topic of structures. 
  
  KS1  KS2

• Cooking and nutrition
   

  

  These resources support the Design, Make and Evaluate process through the topic area of food preparation and cooking.
  
  KS1  KS2

• Textiles
   

  
  These resources support learning about textiles including hands-on, creative projects and the tools and equipment required. 
  
  KS1  KS2

• Electrical systems
   

  

  These resources provide opportunities to explore electrical systems, the materials they are made from and how they work.
  
   KS2

• Programming, monitoring and control

  

  These resources provide opportunities for using and demonstrating programming and control systems in your D&T lessons.
  
   KS2